Union Budget 2019: A Mixed Bag for the Solar Industry Updated On Sat, Jul 6th, 2019 by Saurenergy As expected from Modi Government 2.0, India’s first full-time woman Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had few eggs in her basket for the renewables sector. Here’s how the key stakeholders of the solar industry, including policymakers, think tanks, leading private players have reacted to the government’s Budget for FY19-20: After the budget, Power Minister R. K. […] Read more
Innovation, Policy Revisions and Digitization are Escalating the Energy Transition Updated On Thu, Jul 4th, 2019 by Saurenergy Renewable energy technology advances, innovation and digitization are escalating the pace of the global energy transition, according to the latest EY research Renewable energy technology advances, innovation in storage and digitization and increased distributed energy generation are escalating the pace of the global energy transition, according to the latest EY research in collaboration with IDC. […] Read more
Tirupati’s Renigunta International Airport Turns on Solar Power Updated On Tue, Jul 2nd, 2019 by Saurenergy AAI has inaugurated a 1 MW solar plant at the Renigunta International Airport in Tirupati, which was commissioned by Fourth Partner Energy. The temple town of Tirupati has successfully joined the league of solar-powered airports in South India, along with Cochin, Trivandrum and Vijayawada. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) inaugurated a 1 MW solar […] Read more
As India’s States Pivot to Electric Buses, Challenges Surface Updated On Fri, Jun 28th, 2019 by Saurenergy In just the past two months, announcements have been made for over 2000 electric buses from states across India, be it Delhi, Kashmir, Maharashtra or Punjab. It is important that local state transport authorities realise that an electric bus purchase is much more than just buying a bus that runs on electricity. Earlier this week, […] Read more
EV Transition Needs Extensive Planning to Succeed: N Chandrasekaran, Tata Sons Updated On Thu, Jun 27th, 2019 by Saurenergy N Chandrasekaran recently said that the transition to EV needs to be properly planned so as to ensure that the entire ecosystem is ready Tata Sons Chairman, N Chandrasekaran recently said that the migration or perhaps the transition to electric vehicles (EV) in the country needs to be properly planned so as to ensure that […] Read more
Women in Power Distribution the Game Changers in Rural Odisha Updated On Thu, Jun 27th, 2019 by Saurenergy In 2012, Enzen Global Solutions Pvt. Ltd., an energy and environment firm, headquartered in Bengaluru, embarked on a journey to innovate the regional Power Distribution and Management business in Odisha, by actively including women, as the company believes in employment generation, along with social upliftment, across the geographies that it enters. A strategy to include […] Read more
The Biggest Challenge for Mass Adoption Of Electric Vehicles in India Updated On Tue, Jun 25th, 2019 by Saurenergy Even as Electric Vehicles Start to make their presence felt on Indian roads, the biggest challenge remains to be tackled. Range Anxiety The electric mobility transition has slowly but steadily taken precedence around the world, more strongly in developed countries where we are witnessing mass adoption of such vehicles. Vehicles that we know are better […] Read more
Jobs in Solar – The Untold Story Updated On Tue, Jun 25th, 2019 by Saurenergy In 2015, when the government hiked the solar energy target from 20GW to 100 GW (in a new 175 GW renewables target) by 2022, it was considered wildly ambitious. Also, it was enough to spark strong interest in the sector finally, and with it, big bets. As it turned out, the sector did not […] Read more
Will an open access policy across India give the much needed thrust to solar power? Updated On Sat, Jun 22nd, 2019 by Saurenergy Open access policy open ways to buy power at competitive price, this policy can be a game changer in the solar sector. Here we have taken a quick opinion on this from a few industry veterans, see what they say… Jaideep N. Malaviya, Secretary General, Solar Thermal Federation of India (STFI) “Open access for […] Read more
